Music Appreciation - Class Work - Chapters 28 & 29
____ 1. Nationalism in music refers to musical works that
a. are deliberately associated by the composer with a particular country or region
b. are particularly liked by the people of a country or region
c. have texts in a language other than English
d. contain themes based on the national anthem of a particular country
e. All of these choices
____ 2. Which composer was not a member of the "Russian Five"?
a. Borodin
b. Mussorgsky
c. Rimsky-Korsakov
d. Balakirev
e. Tchaikovsky
____ 3. One of the musical innovations contained in the music of the "Coronation Scene" is
a. the pentatonic scale
b. chords in seconds
c. the whole-tone scale
d. tone clusters
e. All of these choices
____ 4. Smetana's The Moldau is
a. about the River Moldau
b. Bohemian nationalistic music
c. programmatic music
d. for orchestra
e. All of these choices
____ 5. Nationalism in the nineteenth century was partly an attempt by various composers to break free of
the prevailing
a. English style
b. Italian style
c. German-Austrian style
d. French style
e. Russian style
____ 6. Some nationalistic composers wrote directions in the music in their native language instead of the
traditional Italian.
a. true
b. false
____ 7. Nationalistic concert music did not develop in the United States until well into the twentieth
century.
a. true
b. false
____ 8. Impressionism is
a. an artistic viewpoint
b. a form like sonata form
c. the name of a process used in reproducing paintings
d. the name of a type of instrumental ensemble
e. a philosophical movement that developed to counter existentialism
____ 9. Impressionistic artists and musicians were fond of symmetry and balanced designs and forms.
a. true
b. false
____ 10. Impressionistic composers sometimes called for larger orchestras than those of Wagner and
Brahms.
a. true
b. false
____ 11. Post-Romantic works were composed by
a. Smetana and Sibelius
b. Ravel and Rachmaninoff
c. Debussy and Sibelius
d. Rachmaninoff and Mahler
e. Wagner and Mahler
____ 12. In which country did Impressionism develop?
a. Germany
b. France
c. England
d. Italy
e. Spain
____ 13. The two composers most associated with Impressionism are
a. Franck and Debussy
b. Berlioz and Ravel
c. Bizet and Rachmaninoff
d. Wagner and Debussy
e. Debussy and Ravel
____ 14. Impressionistic composers, artists, and poets knew each other and had a similar viewpoint about
their works.
a. true
b. false
____ 15. Throughout his life Debussy was an admirer of Wagner, and his compositions reflect the influence
of Wagner's music dramas.
a. true
b. false
____ 16. "Daybreak" from Daphnis and Chloé was originally composed by Ravel for a(n)
a. opera
b. drama
c. ballet
d. dance suite
e. film
____ 17. In French clair de lune means
a. moonlight
b. sunlight
c. a burning candle
d. dusk
e. a type of bird
____ 18. Impressionistic works of art and music usually contain a deep message.
a. true
b. false